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EPIC Commends CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rulemaking 

EPIC joined Public Citizen and a coalition of civil society organizations this week in expressing support for the goals of the CFPB’s proposed Personal Financial Data Rights Rule. The rulemaking aims to enhance consumer privacy and data security and promote competition in the financial services industry.

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Updates

FCC Advances Net Neutrality Rulemaking, Raising Prospect of Stricter Privacy Rules for ISPs

The Federal Communications Commissions voted to move forward with its open internet protections rulemaking, a measure similar to the net neutrality rule adopted by the FCC in 2015 but later repealed during the Trump administration.

• Communications Privacy

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Robocalls

• Updates

EPIC Again Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Companies Using Government Agencies for Endorsements

EPIC filed comments to the FTC on public sector endorsements of surveillance technology products.

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Updates

EPIC Comment FTC Proposed Rule on Consumer Reviews and Endorsements

Comments of EPIC to the FTC explaining why a rule governing consumer endorsements needs to include public sector endorses like police agencies to prevent bad actor companies laundering misleading claims through trusted public entities.

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• APA Comments

Google Ad Topics: Another Cog in the Surveillance Advertising Machine

After falling behind its competitors and facing criticism for previous plans to phase out third-party cookies, Google now touts Ad Topics for its benefits to user privacy and transparency. But Google’s new tool is far from a perfect solution to the harms of surveillance advertising.

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Analysis

EPIC Urges DOJ, FTC to Consider Data Protection and Consumer Privacy in Merger Guidelines

Mergers frequently involve the consolidation of data sets, which as EPIC explained “can entrench a firm’s dominant market position, raise barriers to entry for new and smaller firms, and exacerbate the effects of harmful consumer data practices.”

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Updates

New EPIC Report Sheds Light on Generative A.I. Harms 

EPIC has just released a new report detailing the wide variety of harms that new generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E pose! While many of these tools have been lauded for their capability to produce new and believable text, images, audio, and videos, the rapid integration of generative AI technology into consumer-facing products has undermined years-long efforts to make AI development transparent and accountable.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Big Data

• Commercial AI Use

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Online Harassment

• Privacy & Racial Justice

• Updates

EPIC Comments on FTC Advanced Notice of Proposed Trade Regulation Rule on Use of Reviews and Endorsements

• Big Data

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments

FTC Investigation Into Amazon Prime Dark Patterns Intensifies

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Updates

European Parliament Adopts DSA, DMA

• Access to Information

• Big Data

• Children's Privacy

• Competition and Privacy

• International Privacy

• International Privacy Laws

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates